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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|those things which he hath written from that stone are not of me}} | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|those things which he hath written from that stone are not of me}} | ||
**Doctrine and Covenants 28:11 | **Doctrine and Covenants 28:11 | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|Before leaving I Consecrated upon the Altar the seers Stone }} | ||
+ | **Wilford Woodruff's journal, 18 May, 1888 | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|showed me the Seerers Stone that the Prophet Joseph Smith had}} | ||
+ | **Frederick Kesler diary | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|The statement has been made that the Urim and Thummim was on the altar in the Manti Temple}} | ||
+ | **Doctrines of Salvation,Vol. 3, p. 225 | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|The stone was not chocolate brown but rather the color of brown sugar}} | ||
+ | **Mary Brown Firmage interview with Richard S. Van Wagoner, 11 Aug 1986. Van Wagoner papers, Marriott Library | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|Mormon elders and women [at Kirtland] often searched the bed of the river for stones }} | ||
+ | **Newell Whitney's brother | ||
+ | **{{MissingCitation}} | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|found a brown colored stone about 2 1/2 inches wide and 6 inches long }} | ||
+ | **Descendants of Elias Pulsipher | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|Joseph said there is a [seer] Stone for every person on Earth}} | ||
+ | **Brigham Young, 1855 | ||
+ | **{{MissingCitation}} | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|The president of the priests has a right to the Urim and Thummim}} | ||
+ | **History of the Church 7:285 | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|Brigham Young in saying that He did not profess to be a prophet seer & Revelator as Joseph Smith was}} | ||
+ | **{{MissingCitation}} | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|Do not seek for those who have peepstones, for soothsayers, and for those who profess to be able to counteract the influence of witchcraft}} | ||
+ | **{{JDfairwiki|author=George Q. Cannon|vol=26|disc=7|start=65|end=66}} | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|He has but little encouragement to offer for the use of seer stones}} | ||
+ | **Wilford Woodruff | ||
+ | **{{criticallink|http://www.mormonstories.org/top10toughissues/peepstones.html}} | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|peep-stones, in the hands of silly and irresponsible people}} | ||
+ | **Brigham Young's daughter Susa Young Gates | ||
+ | **{{criticallink|http://www.mormonstories.org/top10toughissues/peepstones.html}} | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|There are men among us, holding the Holy Priesthood, who in events of their lives would rather stare into a bit of flint-glass}} | ||
+ | **John A. Widtsoe | ||
+ | **{{criticallink|http://www.mormonstories.org/top10toughissues/peepstones.html}} | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|Then the white stone mentioned in Revelation }} | ||
+ | **D&C 130: 10-11 | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|While the statement has been made by some writers that the Prophet JS used a seerstone}} | ||
+ | **Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation vol.3 pg 225-226 | ||
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==Secondary sources== | ==Secondary sources== | ||
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|In the trial transcript of 1826 Trial in Bainbridge: Jonathan Thompson "says that prisoner [Joseph Smith] was requested to look for a chest of money}} | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|In the trial transcript of 1826 Trial in Bainbridge: Jonathan Thompson "says that prisoner [Joseph Smith] was requested to look for a chest of money}} | ||
**{{criticallink|http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech5a.htm#The%20Witnesses}} | **{{criticallink|http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech5a.htm#The%20Witnesses}} | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|church president Smith continued to discover new seer stones }} | ||
+ | **Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, p. 245 - 246 cited in Salt Lake City Messenger Issue No. 105 | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|The order of translation in turn bears on the date of section 10}} | ||
+ | **Richard Bushman | ||
+ | **{{MissingCitation}} | ||
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==Critical works== | ==Critical works== | ||
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*{{criticallink|http://www.irr.org/mit/divination.html}} (anti-Mormon countercult) | *{{criticallink|http://www.irr.org/mit/divination.html}} (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
*{{criticallink|http://www.mormonmesoamerica.com/metallurgy.htm}} (site which claims offense at attempts to place the Book of Mormon in Mesoamerica) | *{{criticallink|http://www.mormonmesoamerica.com/metallurgy.htm}} (site which claims offense at attempts to place the Book of Mormon in Mesoamerica) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.utlm.org/booklist/titles/earlymormonismmagicworldview_xb044.htm}} (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no105.htm}} (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.exmormon.org/exmoblogs.html}} (Recovery from Mormonism ex-Mormon message board) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.mormonstories.org/top10toughissues/peepstones.html}} (John Dehlin) | ||
==Positive links== | ==Positive links== | ||
*[http://www.fairlds.org/fair-conferences/2002-fair-conference/2002-the-1826-trial-of-joseph-smith "The 1826 Trial of Joseph Smith"] by Russell Anderson, 2002 FAIR Conference. (pro-Mormon apologetic) | *[http://www.fairlds.org/fair-conferences/2002-fair-conference/2002-the-1826-trial-of-joseph-smith "The 1826 Trial of Joseph Smith"] by Russell Anderson, 2002 FAIR Conference. (pro-Mormon apologetic) | ||
*http://josephantley.com/2009/10/27/the-seer-stones-cradle-western-new-york/ | *http://josephantley.com/2009/10/27/the-seer-stones-cradle-western-new-york/ | ||
+ | *http://www.ldsgospeldoctrine.net/kn/ (Collection of private Gospel Doctrine materials) | ||
==Broken links== | ==Broken links== | ||
*{{criticallink|http://www.ils.unc.edu/~unsworth/mormon/jsconviction.html}} | *{{criticallink|http://www.ils.unc.edu/~unsworth/mormon/jsconviction.html}} | ||
*http://www.realmormonhistory.com/newpage13.htm - Joseph%20Smith%20claimed%20that%20when%2 | *http://www.realmormonhistory.com/newpage13.htm - Joseph%20Smith%20claimed%20that%20when%2 | ||
+ | *http://www.realmormonhistory.com/newpage13.htm - Wilford%20Woodruff,%20as%20new%20preside |
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